their first at home in 9 years ... looks like it will barely half fill Canberra Stadium
their captain is begging for fans to show up
:_<> :_<> Calling all fans: now's time to turn up
DateJuly 20, 2013
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Brumbies captain Ben Mowen wants a full house at Canberra Stadium on Sunday.
Canberra - we need you. When we run out for the Brumbies' first Super Rugby finals match in nine years, we'll be playing for you.
Fans have waited nine long years for this moment. Some have been patient. Others have been frustrated.
But however you've felt since that last championship in 2004, the wait will end when we play the Free State Cheetahs for a top-four position on Sunday.
For the past two years we've done everything the fans have asked of us.
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The club has been turned around on and off the field and we get a chance to play for a Super Rugby title.
One of the perks of being in Canberra is the chance to see live sport 30 minutes from your doorstep for the price of a pizza.
I'm stumped by the thought that we won't have a near full house at Canberra Stadium on Sunday.
You asked us to win. We did it.
You wanted us to play with guts, determination and pride for the jersey and Canberra. We've done that for two years.
Canberra used to be known as the best supporting town in Super Rugby. Somewhere along the way, that's disappeared. We need it back.
The Brumbies get massive support in the community. I love the vibe of a big country community getting behind the team because they know the players.
That connection is a luxury teams and fans in big cities don't enjoy.
Despite the support we've got, I have to admit I was disappointed when I saw ticket sales have dawdled along this week like we were preparing for a dead rubber.
Support in the stands is one of the key elements to our ongoing success both on and off the field.
Now it's our turn to ask you for a favour.
Grab a warm jacket, fill up the thermos and join us on our mission against the Cheetahs.
We're not happy with 12,000 fans. We know it's going to be cold, wet and maybe snowing.
But they must not be excuses to avoid turning up. We want you there, we're in this together.
The challenge the Brumbies are throwing down to Canberra is are you willing to join us on the next step in our journey to be champions?
The players are doing their bit to get back to where we were a decade ago as one of the toughest provincial contests around the world.
We've finished at the top of the Australian conference.
We've got a rugby legend in George Smith, a World Cup-winning coach in Jake White and a fairytale comeback with Clyde Rathbone getting on the field.
One of the keys to success in the club's best era was relying on fans to turn up every week.
There was an average of just over 21,000 people walking through the gates for every game, rain, hail or shine.
Visiting teams hated coming to Canberra because they knew they weren't welcome.
What happened to those supporters? At our best this year, 6000 of you are still missing from 2004 and we want you back.
A full stadium on Sunday isn't something that we'd like, it's crucial to our overall success, which at the end of the day is your success too.
It has been a long nine years waiting for this moment. Remember, we're playing for you.
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ticket sales have hovered around 10K for 2 weeks since they went on sale
& have barely moved an inch
with sales as low as 40 a day
& ticket prices are very reasonable .. at just $22 GA
now lets compare that to the Raiders shall we
2010.... all tickets sold out & 2K standing room tickets gone by 11am Tuesday after they went on sale at 9am Monday
2012.... all tickets sold out by 11am Wednesday
attendances of 26,473 & 24,460
that 2nd final against the lowly Sharks ... imagine if it were the Broncos or Souths
we have ******** halfwits like spewie asking us to prove the raiders are far more popular then the brumbies & League is far bigger then Yawnion in Canberra
well cockhead
there it is
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
) might get higher ratings in a World cup or something similar.
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